I have one promoter that thinks he HAS to meet every word of the rider
I still get many gigs with him but I have to jump through hoops every time
(Why do Christian acts have to be the biggest butt heads to deal with )
Butch
mycorn wrote:the odd bit here is that there
are so many totally clueless folks that work in the
booking/promotion segment of this industry
especially the "club/small festival" level...
newmediamark wrote:Where you advised as to which console met the artists approval?
And was the rest of the gear such as speaker enclosures and amplifiers of higher quality? If you have a positive history with the promoter, it doesn't make sense to me that they would not give you the option to provide a different console if it was only about that.
Mark
newmediamark wrote:I have a hard time understanding the extremely low pricing Randy frequently comments about, both bids to buyers and pay for his sound crew ... especially in S. Cal. Hey, I know it's tough out there and if I don't have to travel, I have helped out friends for free on a local basis. But if it's a paying, something just isn't right about these numbers I frequently hear.
One band I work for pays between $2500 and $3000 just for backline ... and the drummer owns the kit they haul around. That includes a large truck and delivery and set-up.
I can understand if it's some guy with a decent small PA and a few mics just trying to stay busy and feed his family and he can throw the stuff in his van, but not when staging and lighting and crew and trucks are involved.
Mark
randyhyde wrote:I believe I related my experience with one city where I quoted $1,250 for my A rig plus minimal lighting (illumination) for a 12-concert series and lost. The winning bid was $450/show. I can do SoS for that amount, but not much more.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde
randyhyde wrote:I actually went to the last concert in this series last night to see what I lost to.
I also went because the band that was playing last night was the same one with the band engineer from hell that I had three weeks ago (the guy that tripped all the breakers on my generator).
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